Francesco Granacci

Francesco Granacci
Giorgio Vasari, Public domain

(1469–1543) florentinsk målare

Francesco Granacci (1469–1543) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Francesco Granacci belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Francesco Granacci was born in Villamagna and died in Florence. Francesco Granacci studied under Domenico Ghirlandaio. Francesco Granacci worked in Florence.

The best-known works include ‘Joseph going to prison’, ‘Joseph presents his father and brothers to the Pharaoh’, ‘Adoration of the Child’, and ‘Joseph led to prison’. The catalogue has 32 works by Francesco Granacci with free images. The dated works span the years 1490–1550. Works by Francesco Granacci are held by several collections, among them Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Uffizierna, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Michael Sittow, Cristoforo Solari, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Giovanni Maria Falconetto, and Timoteo Viti.